<div dir="ltr">... you can google around for writeups / teardowns of the chinese knockoffs. They don't put AC safety anywhere near as high as Apple do.<div><br></div><div>I suggest buying a new one and then reinforcing it so it doesn't happen again.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-adrian</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 September 2013 21:35, Jonathan Toomim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtoomim@jtoomim.org" target="_blank">jtoomim@jtoomim.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The Chinese knockoffs on ebay aren't too bad. They cost about $30.<br>
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The Macbook AC adapters are notorious for not having enough strain
relief. I strongly suggest reinforcing both ends of the cable from
the AC adapter to the Mac with about a gram of epoxy. I did that
with my third one, and I haven't needed a fourth. Doing so makes it
pretty ugly, but I prefer ugly things that work over pretty things
that don't.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 9/5/2013 9:29 PM, Morgan. wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">I have an old friend with
old MacBook. His power cord is cracked and frayed near the
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Where can one find an
inexpensive replacement? Thanks. <br>
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